Sifu and Little Dragons graduate GR. GR has completed on full year (two semesters) of the Little Dragons program and now has two red stripes on her White Belt.

This past Thursday the Little Dragons class graduated from the winter/spring semester.

Four of our students were not able to be there for this picture because the families were out of town. Only three students graduated from the entire 6 month semester. The remainder of the students had started within the past several months. Out of the three that did attend the entire semester only one was present this past Thursday. GR received a certificate and a ‘red stripe’ on her belt in recognition of the ‘time in rank’.

There will be a Little Dragons class in July, but it will meet on Thursday morning from 10:30-11:00 AM.

The Thursday afternoon 4-4:30 class will resume the first week of September.

The Youth Karate-Do and Little Dragons program schedule for July and August is as follows:

The Little Dragons being led through a lying meditation at the end of class. These students are the youngest students at the Studio (4-6 years old). Lesson: Regular meditation helps one to develop impulse control and teaches the use of Breath Control to adjust negative emotions, especially feelings of fear and anxiety during stressful times….and of course to control negative emotions such as anger and bad temper/attitude. A must for all serious Martial Artists…no matter what age you are! Adults Meditation Practice at JRRMAS is a Standing Post Meditation derived primarily from the I Ch’uan (I=Mind and Ch’uan=Boxing/fist) System. We have several ‘Sets’ that are practiced at the Studio from several of the different Masters that Sifu has trained with over the years. More on the importance of cultivating a daily Meditative Practice to come! “It all starts with the first breath”Sifu

My first thought about Martial Artsis simply that practicing is a ‘way of life’, it’s something that you do daily (or almost daily),for as long as you are able to.

Lesson 2:This brings me to the idea of practicing itselfand what can be learned from successfully developing a life long daily practice.Cultivating the capacity to practice X many day’s in a row.Just to be healthy enough, physically, mentally and emotionally to be able to!